Sir Keir Starmer is self-isolating after coming into contact with a positive case. The 58-year-old politician will continue working but from home after a member of his private office staff caught the bug.
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Michelle Mone was awarded a multi-million pound government PPE contract without going to tender. George Foulkes raised the £122 million contract as an example of the “crony virus” seeping through Boris Johnson’s handling of the covid pandemic.
Sir Keir Starmer is self-isolating after coming into contact with a positive case. The 58-year-old politician will continue working but from home after a member of his private office staff caught the bug.
plans are approved. Dozens of Tory MPs are furious their areas are being left under tight restrictions as England emerges from a nationwide lockdown.Up to 100 MP Tory MPs could refuse to back the measures despite an assurance they will get a review in January.Johnson is expected to win the Commons vote on the new rules but only because Labour and the SNP are to abstain on the measures.
Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has accused the UK government of intentionally destroying the night life sector through the introduction of new coronavirus restrictions.The sector argues it will be among the hardest hit through Boris Johnson’s revised three-tier system, which the PM outlined in a virtual statement to the Commons last week.The new rules, which are due to come in to force from Wednesday (December 2), will see non-essential retail and personal care providers, such as
free school meals for all primary school pupils. The party also heard from SNP depute leader Keith Brown.
indyref2 should take place in 2021 if it is “safe” and claimed Boris Johnson would not block another vote.However, in an interview with the Daily Record, he declined to be drawn on the broken relationship between Sturgeon and Alex Salmond.He also refused to say whether he would campaign alongside the former SNP leader if there was a referendum.The SNP’s virtual conference starts today amid calls by senior party figures for another vote on Scotland’s constitutional future.Indyref2 will be central
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What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.A joint statement issued by the four UK governments said they had been working closely together to find a way for family and friends to see each other, recognising it must be “limited and cautious”.Boris Johnson warned families they must make a “personal judgement” about the risks of coronavirus to vulnerable loved ones when forming a Christmas bubble.“We can’t afford to throw caution to the wind.
follow our blog.The government is meeting with the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to discuss plans to allow families to reunite over Christmas.A Cobra meeting bringing together the UK government and the devolved administrations will be held this afternoon to agree on a four-nation approach to relaxing coronavirus restrictions over the festive period.
with reports today that it will include a continued ban on household mixing and more areas in the highest category of restrictions.But Mr Johnson faces the threat of a backbench rebellion as dozens of Tory MPs have said they will not back the measures without scientific evidence they 'will save more lives than they cost'.A letter from the Covid recovery group (CRG) is said to have been signed by 70 Conservative MPs.Only the chairs Mark Harper and Steve Baker have been publicly identified so
and replaced with a strengthened three-tier system.It is thought Boris Johnson is finalising the details on what comes next with his cabinet today ahead of an announcement on Monday.But the Sunday national newspapers are full of briefings on what is to be expected.According to the Sunday Times, the new three tiers will all be 'tougher' than those imposed in October.It will mean 'most people' are unable to mix with other households or friends before the end of March next year.There will be a